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Roscosmos has promised to help Tunisia in preparing a female astronaut for the flight into orbit . This issue was discussed during a working meeting between the General Director of the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities Dmitry Rogozin and the head of the Tunisian company Telnet Holding Mohammed Friha. The meeting took place on Friday, August 13, the Izvestia newspaper wrote.
The parties raised issues of cooperation projects between the two countries in the fields of space exploration and manned space flights. The participants of the meeting put their signatures under the Memorandum of understanding.
As Russkiy Mir reported earlier, the first female astronaut from the Muslim country, Nora Al Matrooshi, is going to learn Russian. She was selected to the United Arab Emirates astronaut team. Together with her, Muhammad al-Mulla is preparing for the flight.
To get into orbit they will have to go through an extensive 3-years training program. Future cosmonauts will start training at home. Afterwards, they will have a 30-month course at the NASA Space Center in Houston.
Only 65 women in the world have traveled to space, and 27-year-old Nora al-Matrushi is on her way to becoming the 66th.
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